Working out all day

[Hellawulf]

So currently I'm in a really good situation. I left my job at Best Buy and now I'm working for my dad in his warehouse (which by itself is a workout) but on top of that I've got my weight bench here, with an E-Z bar, some one handed curl bars, and two olympic bars, and about 500 pounds of weight (which i plan on adding too soon), but I'm also trying to add a power rack to the mix, with that last piece I'll have pretty much my own personal gym at work! So Monday and today (I'm still at work, hehe) I lifted while at work, both times I spread most of my lifts out throughout the day.

Main Question: Is it better to lift all within like 1-2 hrs, or is it just as good or even better to have your lifts spread out throughout the day?
(FYI - I do Bill Starr's 5x5)

Thanks!

 

[musketeer]

Do whatever you feel like and you'll find out what is best for you. It should not take more than an hour to do the 5x5!

 

[Hellawulf]

Yah 5x5 normally takes me right at an hour normally, sometimes about 1.5 hours on Fridays, I do all the axillary lifts, normally I find it easier to get my lifts in at work doing a lift at a time, working in between sets and lifts haha, like I said all my work is very physical and pretty strenuous.

 

[twenty47]

Seems to me that everytime your body starts to recover itself you are hitting it again. un needed stress if you ask me. purely theory though.

 

[Hellawulf]

Well I think next week is going to be the deciding factor, if I can continue to hit PRs next week (week 9 - my last week of 5x5) then I'll be happy, hitting 230 5xs on bench will be huge for me... So if I do decide to do it all at once, should I do it at the beginning of the work day or the end of the work day or half way through, no matter what I've gotta work.

Thatbloke - "CNS fatigue"
(Central Nervous System? My brains gonna be fatigued?)

 

[Hellawulf]

when u weight train it strains ur CNS, remeber ur brain is what controls ur muscles etc, the CNS is very important in strength training becuase it controls how much power and focus ur able to get out of ur muscle fibers

e.g rest breaks between sets of 5-7minutes for big compound lifts allow lots of time for the CNS to recover from the previous lift and give it time to have descent recovery to pull out ur next big lift

best example i can give is try to your deadlifts with 3 minute rest breaks, and then another workout do ur deadlifts with 5 minute rest breaks between sets

the strength difference and aggression in each set is dramatic becuase of the amount of time ur CNS has to recover

apart from rest breaks between sets theres also the rest needed between workouts,

this is why rest days are always reccomended becuase big workouts are stressing on ur CNS, hence why towards the end of a workout ur always fatigued or cant be fuked doing the last exercises, the last few reps ull never push hard becuase ur CNS is fatigueing

best example i can give is one week u might train legs one day, then train chest the next day

the following week u might train legs one day, and then 2 days later train chest

the strength difference for ur chest workouts will differ most likely, the second workout weeks chest workout most likely will be stronger due to the rest day uve incorporated, this is due to the CNS having time to recover from ur heavy leg workout

what im trying to address here is 2 workouts can be very stressing on ur CNS, especially if all day u said ur already doing strenous exercise, and if your interested in strength then u should be allowing alot of rest for ur workouts, big rest breaks between sets,

and if u wanna take it further, training 3-6 hours after waking is the prime time to train for strength becuase ur CNS is at its strongest point

im just sharing this info, what u choose ot do is your decison but consider these things before deciding whether 2 workouts a day is really a good idea, or maybe just you being to eager to train

Haha, Yah I'm definately eager to train! One thing I hate about 5x5 is that I don't get that pump stimuli everyday, it makes me want to workout more. 3-6 hours sounds good, I'll start work, then about 2 hours in I'll workout, thanks man! Oh, btw from a biological standpoint, the CNS controls the neurotransmitter output of the neurons spread through the PNS causing the contractions and release of myosin and trypomyosin in the sarcomeres of muscle fibers allowing for the contractions. Haven't learned much about the scientific breakdown of muscle fatigue yet but I would hypothesize that it comes down to lack of neurotransmitter release due to your body realizing that it needs to slow down because of increased stress and metabolic rates. Anyone know for sure?

 

[kx250rider]

I'd say all in one. I'm busy, and sometimes I've tried a split with a few hours between, and I just don't have the go get'em the second round. If I have to quit a routine early, I wait until the next morning and pick up where I left off. If I had to quit before I finished all the sets on one thing, I start that thing over. I usually spend 90 mins in the weight room per workout, and basically have a 3-way divided routine: Day A is delts, bi's tri's traps; Day B is pecs, lats, and overall back; Day C is legs. (Abs 7 days/week as a separate workout)

Charles